Cigar-tip cutter.



NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO BURS'lYlV, KOLLMAR t OO.,

OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

' crean-Trp CUTTER.

To all lwhom 'it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, J ULrUs WEINBRECHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Tip Cutters, of which the following is a speciiication. This invention relates to means for clipping the ends from cigars, and the primary object of the present invention is to provide a novel, effective and compact device, which can be employed as a charm, a fob ornament or a pocket device, the cutting clement when not the casing and cutting blade.

l is a cross sectional view on the line 6 6 ol' Fig. 4. H 7 is a cross sectional view on the line 7-7 of Fig.

in usebeing completely housed and thereby protected from injury, and the parts being so arranged that the act of cutting the tip from the cigar effects the housing of said element.

The preferred embodiment ol' the invention is illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, Wherein:-

Figure l is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View therethrough with the cutting blade drawn outwardly. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of Fig. Lt is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 4&4 or' Fig. 3f Fig. 5 is a cross sectional View on the'line 5 5 oi Fig. 4. Fig.

Fig. 5. Fig. S is a detail perspective view ot' the blade.

Similar reference lnumerals designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the embodiment illustrated, a housing 9 is employed, which is preferably of sonic ornamental forni, so that the device may be employed as an ornament to a fob, watch chain or the like; The particular shape and configuration of the said housing is not material. This housing is provided in one side with a mouth l0, and located within the housing is a casing Ymember ll formed of sheet metal, and having open ends. One of these open ends is alined with the mouth l0 of the housing, and said end has one oi its edges l2 sharpened, as

in the housing 9 in any suitable manner, as for instance by solder. n

A reciprocatory cutting blade 16 is slidably mounted in the casing or guideway, and is movable to a projecting position through the mouth l0 of the housing, as

will be evident by reference to Fig. 2. The portionl of the blade, a tip-receiving opening being which is thus exposed, is provided with opening 17, the upper portion of said tapered and the edge being sharpened as shown at 18. This edge cooperates with the cutl member,

Speceation of Letters Paterzit. Application filed .April 28, 1907. Serial N0. 369,777.

a i i i Patented Aug. 13,

ting edge l2, as hereinafter' explained. The side margins of the blade slide in the narrower' portions of the guideway of the casing, as shown in Fig. 5 and 6, and the intermediate portion of saidv blade is cut, as shown at 19 in Fig. 8, to provide a spring tongue 20. This tongue is provided at one end with an oiset lug4 2l that operates in the slot lBof the casing wall, and thus limits the sliding movement of the blade. free end of the tongue is furthermore provided on 0pposite sides of the lug with offset lips 22 preferably beveled. notches l-l when the blade is in its innermost position. A suitable eye 23 is fixed to the outer end of the blade and projects from the housing at all times, as shown in Fig. l. A link 24 may be engaged in thisfeye, said link constituting means for attachment to a watch chain, iob or other support.

When not in use, the blade 16 is placed in its innermost position, as shown inFig. l, in which case, the cutting mechanism is entirely housed and. thus protected against accidental injury. When said blade is in its innermost position, the lips 22 will be engaged in the notches 14,-consequently said blade Will be effectively held against accidental outward movement, and the device will thus constitute merely orna-A ment. when it is desired to use the cutter, the blade 16 is drawn outwardly, as shown in Fig. 2, the resistance oi' the spring tongue 2() and lips 22 being overcome by the manual force exerted in drawing 'the same. The disengagement of the lips 22 from the notches will of course e iect a slight lateral movement of the tongue, and this movement is permitted by the offset l5 in Vthe wall of the casing. The lug' 2l, how` ever, still remains in the slot, and consequently -the outward movement of the blade lf3 is limited. "7

n neny blade is then forced inwardly, whereupon the cutting edge 18 coacting with the cutting edge l2 will clip the tip from the cigar, and tl; .ction willreturn the blade to its housed and original condition..

From the foregoing, it is thought that the con irnotion, operation, and many advantages of the h .in described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without further description, and it will be understood that'various changes in the size, shape, proportion, and minor details of construction, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacricing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1

1. In n cigar tip cutter, the combination with a casing o1 n blade member sldably mounted therein,l

These lips are arranged to engage in the The Y 

